This article decomposes total factor productivity (TFP) by economic sector, using data from the Chilean economy’s input-output matrices for 1996, 2003 and 2010. The analysis focuses on the effects of changes in three areas: sectoral demand; the...

The Central Bank of Chile (Banco Central de Chile) prepares Chile’s national accounts. Official estimates are published in "Cuentas Nacionales de Chile" (http://www.bcentral.cl/publicaciones/indextema.htm). The information on methods and sources that...

A structural shift in the trend toward higher deficits had emerged by the middle of the 1860s in Chile. For some authors, this was the result of increased spending owing to a fastgrowing economy. Another common explanation is the higher spending...

This article seeks to define and characterize the urban structure of Santiago, Chile, based on the relation between its inhabitants’ places of residency and work, which form local labour market zones. The article explains the criteria and...

Agreement by exchange of notes on the suppression of visas for special passports issued by the Governments of Chile and Ecuador between the Republic of Chile and the Republic of Ecuador. Santiago, 25 September 1990, and Quito, 26 September 1990

Administrative Agreement on cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Ecuador and the Government of the Republic of Chile to prevent the abuse of and to combat the production of and illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic...

Tertiarization, or the shift to service economies with an increasing prevalence of non-manual occupations, has been identified as a central phenomenon in contemporary societies. With the purported numerical and political decline of traditional...

In this article, we examine the hypothesis that the policy of parental school choice in Chile has increased socioeconomic school segregation. We use a georeferenced database of students and schools in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Santiago to...

In this study we provide evidence regarding the relationship between the Chilean peso carry trade and currency crashes of the peso against other currencies. Using a rich dataset containing information from the local Chilean forward market, we show...